 Soichiro
Honda began manufacturing
piston rings in 1936. He began
manufacturing motorcycles in 1948, and by
1952 Honda accounted for 70% of Japan's
motorcycle production. He began
manufacturing automobiles in the early
1960's, and Honda race cars were winning
races by 1965. |
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 The Great
Smith Automobile was a
state-of-the-art automobile known for
being well built and very dependable. In
1908, a Great Smith became the first car
to climb Pike's Peak. But the car proved
too expensive for the general public, and
only about 1,200 were produced before the
company went out of business in 1912. |
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